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Fascinating Details This exercise covers material in d’Aulaires’ Book of Norse Myths , pp. 50-71
Certain fascinating situations occur only in Norse Mythology.
Fill in the blanks with the details that are exclusive to Norse myths.
1. Only in Norse mythology . . .
is knowledge created from ______and drowned by ______. His name is ______.
2. Only in Norse mythology . . .
does the god of the harvest ride on a ______, own a ______ship, and have a horse who can run through ______. His name is ______.
3. Only in Norse mythology . . .
do gnomes create an unbreakable bond from the sound of ______, the breath of ______, the spittle of ______, the hairs of a ______, the roots of a ______, and the sinews of a ______.
4. Only in Norse mythology . . .
does the most powerful god own a grey horse named Sleipnir with ______legs, speak in stately ______, and revitalize a friend’s ______that has been separated from his body. His name is ______.
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Fascinating Details (continued)
5. Only in Norse mythology . . .
is the watchman of the gods descended from ______mothers. He also has ______and blows a trumpet named the ______. His name is ______.
6. Only in Norse mythology . . .
is the ruler of the dead pictured as a ______with a ______named Garm. Her name is ______.
7. Only in Norse mythology . . .
does a witch survive being burned at the stake ______times and is the cause of a ______. Her name is ______.
8. Only in Norse mythology . . .
does the goddess of love ride in a carriage drawn by ______, wear a suit of ______, and cry ______. Her name is ______.
Word Bank Name Bank bear gold teeth Frey birds golden boar Freya cat paws gray cats Gullveig chewed berries hag Heimdall eight head Hel falcon feathers hound Kvasir fish mountain Odin flames nine flying three Gjallarhorn verse gnomes war gold tears woman’s beard
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TEACHER’S KEY Fascinating Details
1. chewed berries – gnomes – Kvasir
2. golden boar – flying – flames – Frey
3. cat paws – fish – birds – woman’s beard – mountain – bear
4. eight – verse – head – Odin
5. nine – gold teeth – Gjallarhorn -- Heimdall
6. hag – hound – Hel
7. three – war – Gullveig
8. gray cats – falcon feathers – gold tears – Freya
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Strange But True (In the Norse World)
This exercise covers material in d’Aulaires’ Book of Norse Myths , pp. 72-95
Match the sentence beginning with the correct sentence ending.
_____ 1. Odin designated the winner of a battle _____ 2. Both men and gods sometimes fought _____ 3. Odin rode into battle _____ 4. Warrior women called Valkyries _____ 5. White cloaks of swans’ feathers _____ 6. A man’s death on the battlefield _____ 7. Dead heroes lived _____ 8. The dead in Valhalla spent their time _____ 9. A goat who gave mead instead of milk _____ 10. The same hog _____ 11. The dead heroes chewed toadstools _____ 12. The body pieces strewn on the field of Ida
A. adorned brave Valkyrie maidens in Midgard. B. feasting and fighting. C. to become raging mad. D. by throwing his spear over the men who would lose. E. lived on the roof of Valhalla. F. were reassembled into whole heroes before dinner. G. on his eight-legged horse. H. just for the fun of fighting. I. was butchered every morning. J. in Odin’s guesthouse, Valhalla. K. followed Odin into war. L. was determined by the Valkyries.
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TEACHER’S KEY Strange But True
1. D 2. H 3. G 4. K 5. A 6. L 7. J 8. B 9. E 10. I 11. C 12. F